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When doctors removed the damaged part of meniscus from Derrick Rose’s right knee Friday, did they replace it with extra job security for Tom Thibodeau? Or is that still bone-on-bone, too? The Bulls said the timetable for Rose’s return is 4-6 weeks. That was just for yuks, I believe. Every timetable for Rose has turned out to be just for yuks because Rose always seems to develop his own timetable. Or his “people’’ develop it for him. But whether Rose goes rogue with his rehab again or actually listens to medical experts smarter than his “people,’’ that still puts his return at the end of the regular season, which has caused...

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When doctors removed the damaged part of meniscus from Derrick Rose’s right knee Friday, did they replace it with extra job security for Tom Thibodeau?
Or is that still bone-on-bone, too?
The Bulls said the timetable for Rose’s return is 4-6 weeks....

NEW YORK — If Knicks President Phil Jackson had his way, Steve Kerr would be coaching at Madison Square Garden on a regular basis.
Instead, Kerr roamed the sideline Sunday night for just the second time, coaching the West All-Stars eight days after his...

After the Bulls' surprising back-from-the-dead victory Sunday in Orlando, Pau Gasol talked about the urgency needed for the season's stretch run because championship windows are short.
Coach Tom Thibodeau, who otherwise has praised Gasol's practice...

Gregg Popovich spent 19 seasons teaching his players how to use teamwork and ball movement to break down defenses.
The philosophy still works.
On a night San Antonio started the fourth quarter in a 14-point hole at Indiana, Popovich's principles paid...

The struggling Bulls entered Thursday without Joakim Noah and Mike Dunleavy and faced a defending champion Spurs team finally hitting its stride with a healthy Kawhi Leonard. There couldn't have been a better time to learn that Derrick Rose was cleared to...

The summary
Sometimes, Tim Duncan doesn't play the entire fourth quarter because Spurs coach Gregg Popovich is resting him. Thursday night at the United Center, Duncan sat because the Bulls put the game out of reach. Derrick Rose scored 22 points in 27...

As if earning his first All-Star start isn’t enough, the Bulls’ Pau Gasol will jump center Feb. 15 at Madison Square Garden against the Grizzlies’ Marc Gasol. They’re the first brothers to be voted starters in NBA history.
“It’s a great accomplishment,...

Pau Gasol repeatedly has emphasized how happy he is with coming to the Bulls as a free agent, using the word "rejuvenated" consistently all season.
His other options were equally appealing, including Thursday's opponent, the Spurs.
"As...

Everything about the Bulls revolves around Derrick Rose. Still.
The way everything about the Cavaliers revolves around LeBron James and everything about the Thunder revolves around Kevin Durant. That's the way it works in the NBA galaxy; superstars are...

The Bulls opened the second half of the regular season Saturday night on pace for 54 victories by dropping their home mark to a pedestrian 12-10 after the Hawks won their 12th straight, 107-99.
In many ways, this has been another odd season thus far.
At...

Mike Dunleavy missed only 11 games in his first six NBA seasons, so he's no stranger to durability.
But the run he's on now, the only Bull to play in all 103 games over this season and last, is appreciated. That's because Dunleavy, then with the...

SAN ANTONIO -- Moving from end to end with the acceleration of a Porsche, guard Russell Westbrook scored 34 points, helping the Oklahoma City Thunder defeat the San Antonio Spurs 114-106 Thursday.
Westbrook also passed for 11 assists.
Fans in San...

As the Warriors head to Chicago for Saturday's game, Steve Kerr won't be passing out books to his players as Phil Jackson did on long trips with the dynasty-era Bulls.
Not that Kerr didn't enjoy the times Jackson gave him a Tony Hillerman novel set in...

With his team well within striking distance at halftime Saturday night, Coach Gregg Popovich made a strategic decision.
San Antonio Spurs point guard Tony Parker was experiencing soreness in his left ankle, so Popovich opted to keep the team’s leading...

By the time this mailbag is fully answered, Tom Thibodeau may or may not be linked to a job at Salem (Mass.) State, his Division III alma mater. On to your questions:
What’s the status of Thibodeau and why so many rumors? -- Jim, Chicago
The status is...

Once LeBron James announced, “I'm Coming Home,” to Cleveland last Friday, the free-agency floodgates opened, with the player moves coming fast and furious.
James was the Pied Piper, the one who set in motion so much change in the NBA that it left some...

The ESPYs confirmed Wednesday night what the college basketball world already knew: Former Creighton small forward and current Bulls rookie Doug McDermott was the best male college athlete of the year.
McDermott, the nation's leading scorer at 26.9...

SAN ANTONIO - The San Antonio Spurs and head coach Gregg Popovich agreed to a multi-year extension on Wednesday.Terms of the new deal were not released.The Spurs won the NBA title -- their fifth in Popovich's 18 years at the helm of the team -- in five...

SAN ANTONIO -- The healing began with about five minutes left in the third quarter, Manu Ginobili rising for a 3-pointer that gave the Spurs a lead too massive to overcome.
As a barrage of Patty Mills 3-pointers added to the onslaught Sunday night, the...